Apache Country 1952  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Western
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Gene Autry, Pat Buttram, Francis X. Bushman, Harry Lauter, Mickey Simpson, Carolina Cotton, Gregg Barton, Mary Scott, Sydney Mason, Iron Eyes Cody, Tom London, Byron Foulger
Gene Autry sets out to discover who is illegally giving alcohol to the Apaches.
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Arizona 1940 N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall, Paul Harvey, Regis Toomey, George Chandler, Byron Foulger, Edgar Buchanan, Colin Tapley
Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur) is a rough-and-tumble woman who becomes involved with Peter Muncie (William Holden), and together they clean up the area around Tucson.
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Bells of San Fernando 1947  N/R, 74 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Terry O. Morse
Cast: Donald Woods, Gloria Warren, Shirley(2) O'Hara, Byron Foulger, Anthony Warde, Monte Blue, Paul Newland, Claire DuBrey, David Leonard, Gordon Clark
Spanish land baron Juan Mendoza (Anthony Warde) controls a valley in San Fernando and has announced plans to marry an unwilling Maria (Gloria Warren) who is Michael O'Brien's (Donald Woods) girlfriend. In an effort to save Maria, Michael sets out to convince the Governor to send in the troops and end the reign of the cruel Mendoza.
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The Black Raven 1943  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: George Zucco, Robert Livingston, Wanda McKay, Glenn Strange, I. Stanford Jolley, Noel Madison, Byron Foulger, Robert Middlemass, Charles Middleton, Jimmy Aubrey
Amos (George Zucco) is host at a remote, spooky inn where mysterious strangers, each with their own secrets, stop by on a rainy night. Before the night is out, murder takes over the scene. An "old dark house" mystery.
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Born to Be Wild 1938  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Joseph Kane
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Doris Weston, Ward Bond, Robert Emmett Keane, Ben Hewlett, Charles Williams, Davison Clark, Byron Foulger, George Anderson, Edwin Stanley, Ben Hendricks Jr., Harrison Greene
Truckers Steve and Bill (Ralph Byrd and Ward Bond) set out on a trek to deliver a shipment of dynamite to a demolition site preparing to blow up a dam and put an end to plans by evil land barons to steal the land below.
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Brewster's Millions 1945  N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Helen Walker, Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, June Havoc, Gail Patrick, Mischa Auer, John Litel, Thurston Hall, Joe Sawyer, Nana Bryant, Herbert Rudley, Neil Hamilton, Byron Foulger, Barbara Pepper, Joseph Crehan
In this film, based on George Barr McCutcheon's novel, a World War II veteran Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe) arrives home and learns that he has inherited one million dollars–the catch is he must spend it all within two months or he will not receive the rest of his inheritance. Another stipulation is that he cannot tell anyone about the inheritance. Brewster goes on a spending spree putting his money into bad investments, all of which turn into surprising profits. In the midst of his frenzy to spend the money, personal problems arise when he must postpone his wedding to Peggy (Helen Walker) but cannot tell her why. And still, the spending sprees continue. 1 User Review
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The Buckskin Lady 1957 N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Carl K. Hittleman
Cast: Patricia Medina, Richard Denning, Gerald Mohr, Henry Hull, Hank Worden, Robin Short, Richard Reeves, Dorothy Adams, Frank Sully, George Cisar, Byron Foulger, John Dierkes
Gambler Angela (Patricia Medina) supports her drunken father, Doc (Henry Hull), and runs around with a gunslinger (Gerald Mohr). But she really loves the new doctor in town (Richard Denning)–and the inevitable showdown looms. Henry Hull's performance is the only highlight in this Western.
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Champagne for Caesar 1950  N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm, Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, Art Linkletter, Byron Foulger, Mel Blanc, Peter Brocco, Douglas Evans, John Eldredge
Professor Beauregard Bottomley (Ronald Colman) makes a fortune as a contestant on a quiz show while sponsors stop at almost nothing to break his winning streak.
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The Chinese Ring 1947 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Warren Douglas, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Philip Ahn, Louise Currie, Byron Foulger, Thayer Roberts, Barbara Jean Wong, Paul Bryer, Chabing, George Spaulding, Thornton Edwards, Lee Tung Foo, Jack Mower
Chinese Princess Mei Ling (Barbara Jean Wong) visits Charlie Chan's (Roland Winters) home and gives Chan's chauffer Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland) a ring to show to Chan. While waiting for Chan, Mei Ling is killed in Chan's living room but manages to write the name "Captain K" on a piece of paper. Police Sergeant Bill Davidson (Warren Douglas) helps Chan investigate, and they are aided by reporter Peggy Cartwright (Louise Currie) and Chan's son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung). They learn that Mei Ling had $1,000,000 in her possession, and the money is missing. Will they be able to solve the case? This is a remake of "Mr. Wong in Chinatown," which starred Boris Karloff in the role of Mr. Wong.
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Circumstantial Evidence 1945 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Larkin
Cast: Michael O'Shea, Lloyd Nolan, Trudy Marshall, Billy Cummings, Ruth Ford, Reed Hadley, Roy Roberts, Scotty Beckett, Byron Foulger, Dorothy Adams, John Eldredge, Eddie Marr
Joe (Michael O'Shea) has been found guilty of murder and is on death row when he breaks out of prison. His young son, Pat (Billy Cummings), tells him to give himself up and convinces Joe that he will be proved innocent in a retrial.
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Coney Island 1943 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Betty Grable, George Montgomery, Cesar Romero, Charles Winninger, Phil Silvers, Frank Orth, Andrew Tombes, Paul Hurst, Phyllis Kennedy, Byron Foulger
Set during the late 1800s, this is an entertaining musical about a nightclub singer (Betty Grable) who is promoted by a hustler (George Montgomery) into a Broadway star.
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Dark City 1950 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Dean Jagger, Don DeFore, Jack Webb, Ed Begley, Harry Morgan, Mark Keuning, Walter Sande, Mike Mazurki, Dewey Robinson, Joe Gray, Byron Foulger
Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) becomes involved in a crooked card game in which he wins. However, the losing player, Arthur (Don DeFore), commits suicide as a result of his loss. When Arthur's older brother, Billy (Mark Keuning), learns of the suicide, he sets out for revenge.
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Dark Mountain 1944 N/R, 56 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Berke
Cast: Robert Lowery, Ellen Drew, Regis Toomey, Eddie Quillan, Elisha Cook Jr., Ralph Dunn, Walter Baldwin, Virginia Sale, Byron Foulger, Johnny Fisher, Alex Callam, Eddie Cane
Forest Ranger Don Bradley (Robert Lowery) loves Kay (Ellen Drew), but by the time he gets a promotion that would allow him to marry Kay, she marries another–gangster Steve (Regis Toomey). But it turns out that the marriage was a convenience for Steve, and now she is being held by Steve against her will in a mountain cabin. Don comes to the rescue.
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Delinquent Parents 1938 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Doris Weston, Maurice Murphy, Helen MacKellar, Morgan Wallace, Terry Walker, Theodore von Eltz, Richard Tucker, Carlyle Moore Jr., Marjorie Reynolds, Harry Hayden, Betty Blythe, Byron Foulger
Following World War I, Edith (Marjorie Reynolds) was dumped by her husband (Carlyle Moore Jr.), and, finding it impossible to raise their baby, Edith placed Carol up for adoption. Years later, Carol (Doris Weston) learns that she was adopted, leaves home, and finds work. But, she gets in trouble with the law, and the court judge set up to handle Carol's case is an older and wiser Edith (Helen MacKellar), her birth mother. By story's end, both Carol and Edith win.
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The Devil's Partner 1958 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Cast: Ed Nelson, Jean Allison, Edgar Buchanan, Spencer Carlisle, Richard Crane, Claire Carleton, Byron Foulger, Joe Hooker, Brian O'Hara, Harry Fleet
An old man makes a pact with the Devil, dies, and then returns as his younger self. Upon his return, bad things start happening in his remote Texas town.
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Dick Tracy 1937 N/R, 290 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Alan James, Ray Taylor
Cast: Ralph Byrd, Carleton Young, Kay Hughes, Lee Van Atta, Smiley Burnette, Francis X. Bushman, John Holland, John Dilson, John Picorri, Richard Beach, Fred Hamilton, Wedgwood Nowell, Byron Foulger, Ed "Oscar" Platt, Lou Fulton
In this, the first of four serials, Ralph Byrd plays Dick Tracy who is on the trail of a mysterious criminal, "The Spider." The Spider has captured Tracy's brother (Carleton Young) and tries to turn the brother against Tracy. This film contains some good action sequences in its 15 episodes.
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Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Morgan Conway, Anne Jeffreys, Lyle Latell, Rita Corday, Dick Wessel, Ian Keith, Joseph Crehan, Douglas Walton, Skelton Knaggs, Esther Howard, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Crane, Milton Parsons
Morgan Conway takes on Ralph Byrd's role of detective Dick Tracy who, this time around, is on the trail of Cueball (Dick Wessel), the leader of a gang of jewel thieves.
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Edison, the Man 1940 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers, Felix Bressart, Frank Faylen, Byron Foulger, Addison Richards
This sequel to "Young Tom Edison" features Spencer Tracy in the title role of the now-grown Edison who lives in poverty until his light bulb invention proves to be a success.
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Enemy of Women 1944 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Mad Lover
Director: Alfred Zeisler
Cast: Claudia Drake, Wolfgang Zilzer, Donald Woods, H.B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Morgan, Gloria Stuart, Robert Barrat, Beryl Wallace, Byron Foulger, Lester Dorr, Crane Whitley
Presumably based on Hitler's propaganda chief, Dr. Goebbels (Wolfgang Zilzer), this wartime propaganda film follows Goebbels from his beginnings as a young playwright and his later womanizing. He had fallen in love with Maria (Claudia Drake) when acting as a tutor and later helped, unknown to her, with her acting career.
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Guns of Diablo 1964 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Boris Sagal
Cast: Charles Bronson, Susan Oliver, Kurt Russell, Jan Merlin, John Fiedler, Douglas Fowley, Rayford Barnes, Robert Carricart, Ron Hagerthy, Morris Ankrum, Russ Conway, Byron Foulger
Wagon train master Linc (Charles Bronson) and young sidekick Jamie (13-year-old Kurt Russell) arrive in a town where they are not treated well by the thugs–led by Rance (Jan Merlin)–that run the place. To make matters worse, Linc's old girlfriend, Maria (Susan Oliver), is married to Rance. After the inevitable shootout, Linc, Jamie, and Maria take off in search of a gold mine. The film is an expanded version of an episode in the TV series "The Travels of Jamie McPheeters."
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Home Town Story 1951 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Arthur Pierson
Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Donald Crisp, Marjorie Reynolds, Alan Hale Jr., Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Brown, Melinda Plowman, Glenn Tryon, Byron Foulger, Griff Barnett
After losing an election, defeated politician Blake Washburn (Jeffrey Lynn) is sure that his liberal stance offended businessmen, and he was ousted because of his anti-capitalist stand. To solve his problem, Washburn takes over his uncle's newspaper in order to deal with his opponents.
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I Shot Jesse James 1949 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Romance
Director: Samuel Fuller
Cast: Preston Foster, Barbara Britton, John Ireland, Reed Hadley, J. Edward Bromberg, Victor Kilian, Barbara Woodell, Tom Tyler, Tommy Noonan, Byron Foulger, Margia Dean, Eddie Dunn, Jeni Le Gon, Phillip Pine, Robin Short
In Samuel Fuller's directorial debut, he puts together a dark, fictionalized tale of Bob Ford (John Ireland) who killed his friend Jesse James (Reed Hadley) for the reward money. As a result, he loses his girlfriend Cynthy (Barbara Britton), is reduced to making money by acting out his killing in bars, and finally must run from would-be killers who seek to kill the man who killed Jesse James.
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Inspector General 1949 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams, Benny Baker, Norman Leavitt, Nestor Paiva, Byron Foulger, Jimmy Conlin, Fred Kelsey
A case of mistaken identity results in a very funny story as an illiterate stooge, Georgi (Danny Kaye), is wrongly identified as a man of power in the government. When he arrives in their town, corrupt town officers believe that Georgi is the Inspector General and grant him wishes and bribes to keep them from being arrested for stealing tax money. When the real Inspector General (Rhys Williams) arrives on the scene, the corruption is brought to an end, and Georgi is appointed the town's mayor–free to live happily ever after with the woman of his dreams, Leza (Barbara Bates). Songs include "The Gypsy Drinking Song."
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It's a Joke, Son 1947 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Kenny Delmar, Una Merkel, June Lockhart, Kenneth Farrell, Douglass Dumbrille, Jimmy Conlin, Matt Willis, Ralph Sanford, Vera Lewis, Margaret McWade, Ida Moore, Byron Foulger
The character "Senator Beauregard Claghorn" from Fred Allen's radio show comes to film. In this story, he finds himself in financial trouble and is talked into running for the state senate. Later, he learns that he is running against his own wife.
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Just Before Dawn 1946 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Castle
Cast: Warner Baxter, Adele Roberts, Martin Kosleck, Mona Barrie, Marian Miller, Charles D. Brown, Craig Reynolds, Robert Barrat, Charles(2) Lane, George Meeker, Marvin Miller, Charles Arnt, Byron Foulger, Ted Hecht
In the seventh film of the "Crime Doctor" series, Crime Doctor Robert Ordway (Warner Baxter) is on the trail of a killer after being tricked into giving a fatal injection to one of his patients.
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The Kissing Bandit 1948 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Western
Director: Laszlo Benedek
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, J. Carrol Naish, Mildred Natwick, Mikhail Rasumny, Billy Gilbert, Sono Osato, Clinton Sundberg, Edna Skinner, Vincente Gomez, Carleton G. Young, Byron Foulger, Ricardo Montalban, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse
When Ricardo (Frank Sinatra) returns to California to take over his deceased father's hotel business, he learns that his father was a "kissing bandit." Deciding to carry on in his father's tradition, Ricardo kisses the lady victims after robbing them. When he meets Teresa (Kathryn Grayson), who just happens to be the daughter of a governor with tax problems, Ricardo's talents for kissing and the offer of money gained from his thievery pay off, and Teresa is smitten.
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Let Us Live! 1939 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker, Charles Trowbridge, Byron Foulger, George Douglas, Phillip Trent
Two innocent men are sentenced to death for a murder they did not commit, and the fiancee (Maureen O'Sullivan) of one of the prisoners (Henry Fonda) is determined to save her lover's life. Heavy soap.
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The Long Night 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, Elisha Cook Jr., Moroni Olsen, Will Wright, Queenie Smith, Mary Gordon, Byron Foulger
When Maximilian, a magician (Vincent Price), causes Joe's girlfriend (Barbara Bel Geddes) to leave him, Joe (Henry Fonda) kills Maximilian. Told in flashback, the girlfriend tries to talk Joe into surrendering to the police.
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The Lost Weekend 1945  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry, Howard Da Silva, Doris Dowling, Frank Faylen, Mary Young, Anita Sharp-Bolster, Frank Orth, Byron Foulger, Lillian Fontaine, Lewis L. Russell, James Millican, Emmett Vogan, David Clyde
Ray Milland won the Oscar for his portrayal of Don Birnam, writer and alcoholic. Birnam's problem reaches a crisis during one long weekend of drinking, after which he suffers the D.T.s as his girlfriend Helen St. James (Jane Wyman) begs him to stop drinking. Ray Milland: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I can't take quiet desperation." This film also won the Best Picture Academy Award, as did Billy Wilder for his directing and writing.
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Ma Barker's Killer Brood 1960 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Karn
Cast: Lurene Tuttle, Tristram Coffin, Paul Dubov, Nelson Leigh, Myrna Dell, Victor Lundin, Don Grady, Gary Ammann, Ron Foster, Rex Holman, Byron Foulger, Roy Ward Baker
Facts and fiction combine in this story about notorious Ma Barker (Lurene Tuttle) who taught her sons wrong from right and led them into the world of full-fledged criminals. Their crime spree began in Ohio and ended in a shootout with police at Ma's ritzy Florida hide-out.
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Man from Headquarters 1942 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Frank Albertson, Joan Woodbury, John Maxwell, Dick Elliott, Byron Foulger, Robert Kellard, Arthur O'Connell, Mel Ruick, Gwen Kenyon, Jack Mulhall, Paul Bryar, Maynard Holmes, Max Hoffman Jr., Christine McIntyre, Charlie Hall
After helping to solve a gangland murder, Chicago police reporter Larry Doyle (Frank Albertson) is kidnapped by mobsters and dumped on a train to prevent him from testifying. He wakes up in St. Louis and befriends Ann (Joan Woodbury). Together, they return to Chicago and–despite problems with the mobsters along the way–out-fox the gang boss Louis Padroni (Max Hoffman Jr.) at his own game.
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Man Made Monster 1941 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
aka: Atomic Monster
Director: George Waggner
Cast: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson, Samuel S. Hinds, William B. Davidson, Ben Taggart, Constance Bergen, Ivan Miller, George Meader, Frank O'Connor, Byron Foulger, Russell Hicks, John Dilson, Chester Gan
Lon Chaney Jr. plays "Dynamo" Dan McCormick who is a carnival side-show performer using his immunity from absorbing large volts of electricity as his act. After riding on a bus that crashes into an electric pole, Dan is the sole survivor. Dan recuperates at the home of mad scientist Dr. Paul Rigas (Lionel Atwill) where Rigas uses him for experiments and turns Dan into a "man made monster" controlled by Rigas. When Rigas' colleague Dr. John Lawrence (Samuel S. Hinds) wants him to stop the experiment, Rigas orders Dan to kill him. The deed is done, but Dan is arrested and sentenced to the electric chair where he absorbs the electricity and again becomes a superhuman–now ready to seek revenge.
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The Man They Could Not Hang 1939 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Robert Wilcox, Lorna Gray, Roger Pryor, Charles Trowbridge, Joe De Stephani, Don Beddoe, Ann Doran, Byron Foulger, James Craig
Doctor Henry Savaard (Boris Karloff) is executed for murder because of his experiments. Now, his experiments are responsible for bringing him back to life, and he is out for revenge against the judge and jury members who were responsible for his execution.
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The Man with Nine Lives 1940 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
aka: Behind the Door
Director: Nick Grinde
Cast: Boris Karloff, Byron Foulger, Roger Pryor, Stanley Brown, Charles Trowbridge, Jo Ann Sayers, Hal Taliaferro, Ivan Miller, Bruce Bennett, Ernie Adams
A doctor (Boris Karloff), frozen for many years, is thawed out and then accused of unethically freezing a very wealthy patient to use as a guinea pig in his experiment.
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Meet Boston Blackie 1941 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
Director: Robert Florey
Cast: Chester Morris, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Lane, Charles Wagenheim, Constance Worth, Jack O'Malley, George Magrill, Michael Rand, Walter Sande, Eddie Laughton, John Tyrrell, Byron Foulger, Lee Shumway
In this "Boston Blackie" episode, Chester Morris debuts in the role of ex-con Boston Blackie. This time around, Blackie again teams up with his sidekick The Runt (Charles Wagenheim) to prove his innocence after being accused of murder while returning from an ocean cruise. Blackie and The Runt track down a gang of spies working out of Coney Island, and, with help from Cecelia Bradley (Rochelle Hudson), who insists on joining them, they crack the case.
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The Panther's Claw 1942 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Sidney Blackmer, Byron Foulger, Rick Vallin, Herbert Rawlinson, Gerta Rozan, Lynn Starr, Barry Bernard, John Ince, Martin Ashe, Thornton Edwards, Walter James, Frank Darien, Willy Castello
Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt (Sidney Blackner) investigates a murder in an opera company, and, while wigmaker Everett Digberry (Byron Foulger) is the prime suspect, many are on the list of potential perpetrators.
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The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Tay Garnett
Cast: Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter, Alan Reed, Jeff York, Morris Ankrum, Wally Cassell, Byron Foulger, Dick Crockett, Betty Blythe, Joel Friedkin
Cora (Lana Turner) falls for drifter Frank Chambers (John Garfield) who her husband Nick (Cecil Kellaway) has hired to work as a handyman at his gas station/diner. If Frank and Cora are to live "happily ever after," they need money. Their solution: murder Nick and collect on his insurance. They try to kill Nick. But, they fail, and now District Attorney Kyle Sackett (Leon Ames) is determined to get to the bottom of what really went on the night Nick was "accidentally"–but not fatally– electrocuted in his bathtub.
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 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, David Niven, Montagu Love, Byron Foulger, Spencer Charters, Wilhelm von Brincken, Philip Sleeman, Eleanor Wesselhoeft, Charles Halton, Torben Meyer
This is an excellent version of the classic story of an Englishman Rudolph Rassendyll (Ronald Colman) who travels to a mythical European country where he is a distant cousin of Prince Rudolf V (also played by Colman). The cousins greatly resemble each other, and Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim (David Niven) and Colonel Zapt (C. Aubrey Smith) take Rudolph to the Prince's hunting lodge where they meet. The next day, it is discovered that the Prince has been kidnapped, and now Rudolph becomes involved in palace intrigue and romance–with the Prince's fiancee Princess Flavia (Madeleine Carroll)–when he is asked to impersonate the Prince.
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The Rebel Set 1959 N/R, 72 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Beatsville
Director: Gene Fowler
Cast: Gregg Palmer, Kathleen Crowley, Edward Platt, John Lupton, Don Sullivan, Ned Glass, Vikki Dougan, I. Stanford Jolley, Gene Roth, Robert Shayne, Collette Lyons, Byron Foulger
After an L.A. coffee bar owner and con man, Mr. T (Edward Platt), coerces three losers–John, Ray, and George (Gregg Palmer, John Lupton, and Don Sullivan)–into robbing an armored car in Chicago, double crossing and murder lie ahead.
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Ridin' on a Rainbow 1941 N/R, 79 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Mary Lee, Carol Adams, Ferris Taylor, Georgia Caine, Tom London, Byron Foulger, Ralf Harolde, Jimmy Conlin, Guy Usher, Forrest Taylor
Gene Autry is after a bank robber, leading him to a steamboat performer. It turns out that he robbed a bank to provide for his talented daughter.
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 The River's Edge 1957 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Allan Dwan
Cast: Ray Milland, Anthony Quinn, Debra Paget, Harry Carey Jr., Byron Foulger, Chubby Johnson, Frank Gerstle, Tom McKee
Bank robber Nardo Denning (Ray Milland) takes a farmer, Ben Cameron (Anthony Quinn), hostage as he crosses over the border into Mexico. Ben just happens to be married to Nardo's former partner, Meg (Debra Paget).
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The Saint's Double Trouble 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Jack Hively
Cast: George Sanders, Helene Whitney, Jonathan Hale, Bela Lugosi, Donald MacBride, John F. Hamilton, Thomas W. Ross, Elliott Sullivan, Pat O'Malley, Byron Foulger
The dastardly Saint look-alike smuggles diamonds into the U.S. from Egypt (via a mummy, with Bela Lugosi's help). Now, the Saint must not only clear himself, but also recover the diamonds and bring the bad guys to justice.
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 Some Like It Hot 1939 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
aka: Rhythm Romance
Director: George Archainbaud
Cast: Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Gene Krupa, Rufe Davis, Frank Sully, Richard Denning, Bernard Nedell, Bernadene Hayes, Clarence Wilson, Byron Foulger, Edgar Dearing, Russ Powell
In the era of jitterbugging, carnival barker Nicky Nelson (Bob Hope) acts as an agent promoting the "hot" music of drummer Gene Krupa's band. Nicky has problems getting Krupa's band a gig–until the band scores a success on the boardwalk. Meanwhile, Nicky falls in love with singer Lily Racquel (Shirley Ross) and risks losing everything but takes advantage of one last chance to gain success. The music includes "The Lady's in Love with You," "Some Like It Hot," and "Heart and Soul."
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The Spoilers 1955 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Cast: Anne Baxter, Jeff Chandler, Rory Calhoun, Ray Danton, Barbara Britton, John McIntire, Wallace Ford, Carl Benton Reid, Raymond Walburn, Ruth Donnelly, Willis Bouchey, Roy Barcroft, Forrest Lewis, Byron Foulger, Dayton Lummis
During the Gold Rush of 1898, gold mine owner Roy Glennister (Jeff Chandler) is confronted by gold commissioner Alex McNamara (Rory Calhoun) who is intent on cheating Glennsiter out of his claim to his mine. Wealthy saloon owner Cherry Malotte (Ann Baxter) falls in love with Glennister but becomes the pawn of McNamara. Meanwhile, Glennister has fallen in love with Helen (Barbara Britton) whose uncle, Judge Stillman (Carl Benton Reid), is in cahoots with McNamara. Glennister is arrested on a murder charge but breaks out of jail and ends up in a fistfight with McNamara to gain back his rights to reopen his mine.
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The Star 1952 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Heisler
Cast: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson, Minor Watson, June Travis, Katherine Warren, Barbara Woodell, Fay Baker, Barbara Lawrence, Paul Frees, Robert Warrick, Herb Vigran, Byron Foulger, Al Hill
Aging star Margaret Elliot (Bette Davis) strives for a comeback and then realizes her time has passed, and she must look other places for pleasures in life. Davis received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Streets of Laredo 1949 G, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Leslie Fenton
Cast: William Holden, William Bendix, Macdonald Carey, Mona Freeman, Stanley Ridges, Alfonso Bedoya, Ray Teal, Clem Bevans, James Bell, Joe Dominguez, Dick Foote, Grandon Rhodes, Perry Ivins, Byron Foulger, Hank Bell
In this remake of 1936's "The Texas Rangers," outlaws Jim Dawkins (William Holden) and Wahoo Jones (William Bendix) turn to the side of law and order when they become Texas Rangers. Later, they are forced to capture a former cohort, Lorn Reming (Macdonald Carey).
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 Sullivan's Travels 1941 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Robert Warwick, William Demarest, Franklin Pangborn, Porter Hall, Byron Foulger, Margaret Hayes, Robert Greig, Eric Blore, Torben Meyer, Victor Potel, Richard Webb, Charles R. Moore, Almira Sessions
This spoof on the Hollywood scene has Joel McCrea playing movie director John L. Sullivan who wants to put meaning into his films. To that end, he sets out to meet real people, and with only 10 cents in his pocket, he begins his journey across America and into the real world.
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Summer Storm 1944 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Anna Lee, Hugo Haas, Edward Everett Horton, Lori Lahner, John Philliber, Sig Ruman, John Abbott, Byron Foulger, Andre Charlot, Frank Orth, Sarah Padden, Paul Hurst, Charles Trowbridge
Based on Anton Chekhov's "The Shooting Party," Linda Darnell stars as the peasant, Olga Kuzminichna Urbenin, who is determined to raise her standard of living. After marrying middle-aged public servant Anton Urbenin (Hugo Haas), Olga becomes involved in affairs with Count "Piggy" Volsky (Edward Everett Horton) and with judge Fedor Petroff (George Sanders). Olga's actions lead to tragedy when Fedor kills her–letting Anton take the blame until ten years later when his guilt forces him to confess.
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When Strangers Marry 1944 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery
aka: Betrayed
Director: William Castle
Cast: Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, Robert Mitchum, Neil Hamilton, Lou Lubin, Milton Kibbee, Rhonda Fleming, Marta Mitrovich, Byron Foulger, Edward Keane
Millie (Kim Hunter) suspects that her new husband is a murderer, and she enlists the aid of a friend to help.
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You Can't Run Away from It 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical / Romance
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: June Allyson, Jack Lemmon, Charles Bickford, Paul Gilbert, Jim Backus, Stubby Kaye, Henny Youngman, Allyn Joslyn, Jack Albertson, Walter Baldwin, Byron Foulger, Louise Beavers, Richard H. Cutting, Raymond Greenleaf
This remake of "It Happened One Night" has been set to music as it re-tells the story of heiress Ellie Andrews (June Allyson) who runs away from her impending marriage and discovers real love in the person of newspaper reporter Peter Warne (Jack Lemmon).
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| 1. Apache Country (1952)
2. Arizona (1940)
3. Bells of San Fernando (1947)
4. The Black Raven (1943)
5. Born to Be Wild (1938)
6. Brewster's Millions (1945)
7. The Buckskin Lady (1957)
8. Champagne for Caesar (1950)
9. The Chinese Ring (1947)
10. Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
11. Coney Island (1943)
12. Dark City (1950)
13. Dark Mountain (1944)
14. Delinquent Parents (1938)
15. The Devil's Partner (1958)
16. Dick Tracy (1937)
17. Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
18. Edison, the Man (1940)
19. Enemy of Women (1944)
aka: The Mad Lover
20. Guns of Diablo (1964)
21. Home Town Story (1951)
22. I Shot Jesse James (1949)
23. Inspector General (1949)
24. It's a Joke, Son (1947)
25. Just Before Dawn (1946)
26. The Kissing Bandit (1948)
27. Let Us Live! (1939)
28. The Long Night (1947)
29. The Lost Weekend (1945)
30. Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960)
31. Man from Headquarters (1942)
32. Man Made Monster (1941)
aka: Atomic Monster
33. The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
34. The Man with Nine Lives (1940)
aka: Behind the Door
35. Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
36. The Panther's Claw (1942)
37. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
38. The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
39. The Rebel Set (1959)
aka: Beatsville
40. Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
41. The River's Edge (1957)
42. The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)
43. Some Like It Hot (1939)
aka: Rhythm Romance
44. The Spoilers (1955)
45. The Star (1952)
46. Streets of Laredo (1949)
47. Sullivan's Travels (1941)
48. Summer Storm (1944)
49. When Strangers Marry (1944)
aka: Betrayed
50. You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
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